Paleontologists Solve Mystery of Spine-Covered Cambrian Fossil
Initially interpreted as a primitive Cambrian mollusk, Shishania aculeata -- a 500-million-year-old spine-covered fossil found in China’s Yunnan province -- is in fact a distant relative of sponge-like creatures known as chancelloriids. The post Paleontologists Solve Mystery of Spine-Covered Cambrian Fossil appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
Initially interpreted as a primitive Cambrian mollusk, Shishania aculeata -- a 500-million-year-old spine-covered fossil found in China’s Yunnan province -- is in fact a distant relative of sponge-like creatures known as chancelloriids.
The post Paleontologists Solve Mystery of Spine-Covered Cambrian Fossil appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
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